{"podcast":{"title":"Useless Information Podcast","slug":"useless-information-podcast-627049","podcast_index_feed_id":627049,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/useless-information","website_url":"http://www.uselessinformation.org","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/d853bcae-df4a-11e7-8053-ef52be625e36/image/z_useless_logo_3000_1.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Airwave Media Podcast Network","episode_count":271,"summary":"Podcasting since 2008! - It really is all true! Quirky, bizarre, and unusual stories from the Flip Side of History.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-25T14:20:26.910392+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/useless-information-podcast-627049"},"episode":{"title":"Retrocast #36 - UI Podcast #245","slug":"retrocast-36-ui-podcast-245","published_at":"2025-08-19T04:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/useless-information-podcast-627049/retrocast-36-ui-podcast-245","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/useless-information-podcast-627049","url":"https://uselessinformation.org/retrocast-36-podcast-245/","audio_url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/YfZO4tERxneauNcW9Fgn/mgln.ai/e/211/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML6372325256.mp3?updated=1755263560","summary":"Abbott & Costello agree to perform in a boy’s backyard for 70 cents, parents sue a milk dairy because their son grew too tall, a man sleeps only 2 hours per day for 33 years, and much more! Images, links, and transcripts for this podcast can be found at https://uselessinformation.org/retrocast-36-podcast-245/ Listen to my interview with cartoonist Leigh Rubin discussing how his parents were The First Jewish Couple Married on National Television: https://uselessinformation.org/the-first-jewish-couple-married-on-national-tv/ Also, you can see the original Bride & Groom episode where his parents were married at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zl8943Q48X4 You can follow the Useless Information Podcast on these platforms: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/uselessinformationpodcast X (Twitter): https://t.co/7pV2H8iXJV Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/FlipSideofHistory/ The Useless Information Podcast is a member of the Airwave Media podcast network. Visit https://www.airwavemedia.com/ to listen to more great podcasts just like this one. Please contact advertising@airwavemedia.com if you would like to advertise on our podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices","meta_description":"Abbott & Costello agree to perform in a boy’s backyard for 70 cents, parents sue a milk dairy because their son grew too tall, a man sleeps only 2 hours p…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2193,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/useless-information-podcast-627049/episodes/retrocast-36-ui-podcast-245/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/useless-information-podcast-627049/retrocast-36-ui-podcast-245.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}